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Yes! We can actually not look at our phones all the damn time!
Help me! I can't stop scrolling! I can't stop consuming content! I'm a chronically online 21st-century person, and I must have my content! Nom, nom, nom. 15-second video. Nom, nom, nom. 10-second video. I need to look at my phone every second ...
A chat with the former actress and single mom in her new home city of Austin, Texas.
It’s just past 11 a.m. on a Tuesday afternoon and I’m riding shotgun in an Infiniti SUV in the suburbs just outside Austin, Texas. In the driver’s seat is Michelle Madrigal—former actress, current real estate agent. We just finished checking out a ...
Before I knew it, I lived days that never seemed to begin and nights that never seemed to end neither.
“Sleep is the most innocent creature there is and a sleepless man, the most guilty.”- Franz Kafka, Letters to MilenaAnother failed day. I've been wrestling with insomnia for years now. But this most recent bout with the sickness is something much more ...
A scrawny college kid built an empire by fooling people into buying ringtones. Now he’s in prison. The private jets, the women, the champagne? They were nice while they lasted.
If you had an Internet connection at any point in the aughts, you’ll likely remember a series of pop-up and banner advertisements designed to prey on the lonely and insecure, the gullible, and the vulnerable. These ads appeared all over social media ...
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What do YOU think?
If you’re an internet old-timer, you’re probably familiar with the Florida Man meme. In the off-chance you’re not, here’s the TL:DR: apparently, in all the 50 states of the U.S., Florida is where you’ll find the most cases of shocking, bizarre, and ...
Objective reality has no place in intimate relationships, like marriages. Just ask the experts.
It was at the bedside of a dying friend that I faced the absurdity of my overwhelming need to be right. I’d met Mary Lou when I was an eager, insecure teenager of recently divorced parents. The epitome of downtown intellectual chic, ...
This one’s for the Filipino GOT fans.
Excuse us for living under a rock, but we just discovered this video of Cebu being GOT-ified, and color us impressed. Filipino 3D artist Carlisle Tabanera gave Cebu the full Game of Thrones treatment with an epic theme video that reimagined the ...
He’s survived tabloid scrutiny, his own “asshole” behavior, and, more recently, a harrowing medical scare. Now the actor-turned-investor—rich, happy at home—is making his return to Hollywood. And he’s just as driven as ever.
Ashton Kutcher is in pain. He’s been running for ten miles through the streets of Brooklyn, surrounded by thousands of people, and suddenly his body is sending him an emergency distress signal. Kutcher is battling his way through the New York City ...
In the third anthology of Growing Up Filipino, 25 Filipino authors explore youth, love, family, and heartache. From Yvette Fernandez, we present a tale of death and life from the eyes of innocents.
The cousins were all asleep when the call came in, its ringer piercing the early morning quiet. Eloise let it ring a few more times before finally opening her eyes and reaching over for the avocado green phone on Mama’s night table. ...
